Federal Abortion Ban

Today, the Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban" case (read CRLP's site for more). The swing vote, according to many, will be Justice Kennedy. The case, Gonzales v. Carhart, comes from an appeal from the 8th Circuit's ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. The main issue is that lack of a health exception in the law. Under the undue burden standard, established in 1992, a lack of a health exception is fatal to the law.

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Federal Abortion Ban

Today, the Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments in the "Partial Birth Abortion Ban" case (read CRLP's site for more). The swing vote, according to many, will be Justice Kennedy. The case, Gonzales v. Carhart, comes from an appeal from the 8th Circuit's ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. The main issue is that lack of a health exception in the law. Under the undue burden standard, established in 1992, a lack of a health exception is fatal to the law.